2010
Read moreReverting To Type
Released: 10 December 2010
With all the big names in contemporary letterpress, Reverting to Type is running at the Standpoint Gallery until Christmas Eve. Here’s a little bit of what you can expect
Read moreEat Drink Art Design
Released: 23 November 2010
Eat Drink Art Design at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York includes a one-off, wall installation by CC trustee, Royal Crown Derby designer and Crafts favourite Peter Ting…so if you can’t get to NYC, check it out here
Read moreImagined Objects of Desire
Released: 4 November 2010
Lina Peterson’s most recent project, Imagined Objects of Desire, started with a museum collection which stretches over 500,000 years of manmade things. Here’s what the contemporary jeweller made in response…
Read moreRemnants by Su Blackwell
Released: 25 October 2010
Crafts very much enjoyed a trip up to the Bronte Parsonage in Haworth, West Yorkshire last week to see the Remnants exhibition by Su Blackwell, here are a few snaps…
Read moreHothouse in Farnham
Released: 15 October 2010
The first exhibition showing work by the Hothouse Farnham Cohort is on at the town’s New Ashgate Gallery is small but rather beautiful. And here are a few of the things on display.
Read moreMaking Pots with Eden & Turk
Released: 8 October 2010
During the London Design Festival, Established & Sons put on a series of live events under the title, Design Against the Clock. Wandering around St James, I decided to pop in and this is what happened…
Read moreDesignersblock and a Finnish finish
Released: 1 October 2010
Over on the southbank, the bargehouse was full to bursting with designersblock on show. Here’s a quick peek at some of the work that took our fancy…
Read moreOrigin 2010 preview
Released: 26 August 2010
It has a new logo, a new venue, new dates, and a host of new exhibitors. In short, Origin 2010 promises to be a little different. Here’s a small preview of what you can expect to see…
Read moreStudents round up
Released: 19 August 2010
After the blur of New Designers and the flurry of student shows, here’s our selection of some of Crafts mag’s favourite work from this year’s graduating designers and makers.
Read moreSusie MacMurray's Promenade
Released: 6 August 2010
Always happy for a trip outside the metropolis, I headed to Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire to see Susie MacMurray’s new installation ‘Promenade’. So let’s see what 200km of gold thread looks like…
Read moreArt in Action
Released: 21 July 2010
Begun in 1977, Art in Action is all about giving the public the opportunity to see artists and craftspeople at work. We were a couple of the 25,000 people that descended onto Waterperry House this year.
Read moreThe Complete History of Food
Released: 15 July 2010
An edible epic journey through a complete history of food presented by jellymongers extraordinaire Bompas & Parr, with dinosaurs, galleons, inflatables and A-ha. Say no more, I’m there.
Read moreV&A Pattern
Released: 8 July 2010
The V&A has published the second set of books in its Pattern series. This time we are treated to Novelty Patterns, Owen Jones, Kimono and Garden Florals. Here’s our pick…
Read moreYii process pictures
Released: 1 July 2010
In the current issue, Grant Gibson reports on Yii – a partnership between the Taiwan Craft Research Institute and Dutch designer Gijs Bakker. Here is a focus on a couple of the pieces and the processes that made them.
Read moreFactories & Toikka in Helsinki
Released: 26 June 2010
On our recent trip to Helsinki we had a look around legendary glass designer Oiva Toikka’s retrospective as well as a peek into some factories…here’s our highlights
Read moreAssemble 2010 (& Crafts mag party!)
Released: 23 June 2010
My head is still swirling with ideas and numbers, so here are a few of our favourite images and comments from Assemble 2010 (plus Crafts magazine’s afterparty!)
Read moreIittala Cup
Released: 18 June 2010
Every 2 years the Iitaala Cup, an international glassblowing competition, is held in Finland. But don’t be expecting pretty little sculptures, this is hardcore record-breaking..
Read moreCOLLECT 2010
Released: 3 June 2010
In its second year at the Saatch gallery, COLLECT 2010 welcomed 11,000 over four days. Here is just a small selection of our favourite things….
